Updating garage door on mid-1970s raised ranch/split foyer
It's time for new steel, roll-up garage doors. We tried to add new garage openers, but they won't install on swing doors anymore, so we're stuck upgrading the garage doors too. We're struggling to pick an economical door that doesn't look like the 1980s that we grew up in. We're leaning towards flush panel b/c it's the closest to the modern era design, but worry about dings, etc. Then the question becomes whether to go with white, try to paint to match the exterior (SW Svelte Sage of an unknown age), or find a complentary color. Would love input on style and color! TIA!
Please note, our current financial goals are to take care of deferred maintenance, not a total remodel of the outside. Grateful to have a roof over our heads that doesn't leak!
Original:
white flush (with actual house color on a gray day, not real estate
Color matched flush panels
More interesting but maybe doesn't coordinate style-wise?
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decoenthusiaste
4 years agoI think the flat panel looks better with the panels under the windows above it. Match to house color. These opaque glass ones would look great to if you can afford them.
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Comments (10)The entrance should be a bit more interesting like the one I have posted below. If you have the funds you could extend the porch completely across the face of the home using galvanized metal roofing. I would consider doors like this and I would use brackets only if you add posts. I would not but them under your second floor ledge because they are not typically used in that position. Note the galvanized metal planters on either sides of the doors. I like that color white for maybe part of your home with a gray or greige elsewhere. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/5348093287875618/?lp=true Please note the grids I have added to your windows to get them to appear a bit more farmhouse. You could create a faux hoist door on the side of the home above the garage doors where it is so blank. Add a supported beam & pulley and then hang a giant wire basket of blooming flowers during the summer months, fall arrangement during the autumn & pine branches and pine cones for the holidays. You can lower the basket on the pulley and rope when it needs water and then raise it up again....See MoreHelp modernizing a mid century house?
Comments (6)You are asking a lot for one post. It's good to see both the exterior and interior, but you might want to take the exterior separate from the ideas for the interior or this will be overwhelming. Your ranch has some specific traditional details with the brick work and double hung windows. Is the paint on your brick stable or peeling off? There are newer products now that can eliminate peeling, but I'm not sure they can be applied over any unstable substrate. I would limewash the house (see example below where some bricks show through the finish) paint the trim and add shutters to the long narrow windows. I am pushing your home to a more 'charming' exterior appearance. You'll need a complete rethinking of the landscaping to complement the softer appearance of the home....See More1970s ranch needs an update
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoYou can either have the opening restructure to accommodate one garage door or create the illusion of one door. If you go with two garage doors, I would get a skilled craftsman/carpenter or company that are willing to work with you. Choose doors that you can either get additional panel material or match easily. Install one of your garage doors, either you prefer, (I would probably choose the right to visually balance the look) with the window panels on the outside edge. Install the second garage door plain/without the glass. Incorporate the center support by, matching the garage door material, cladding the space between the doors for a seamless visual connection. Currently your garage doors are trimmed in contrasting white. If you add additional trim on outside edges make to look like one door. You might compare the cost of modifying and using one garage door to using two garage doors and incorporating the center support in order to make the best decision for you.
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